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Owner self-reported — never independently field-inspected
Location confidence
No coordinate anomaly detected
Terrain cross-check (USGS 3DEP)
FAA 3925 ft MSL · USGS ground 3924 ft · Δ 1 ft
Structure cross-check (Overture / OSM)
On a building footprint — height not tagged in the source
Building height ≈ 17 ft — measured independently of the FAA record
Cross-source consensus
⚠ Sources conflict — pad is on a building, but FAA elevation reads ground level
Stale-low FAA elevation (the 6FD8 class) — never updated for the rooftop pad. Treat the recorded elevation as unreliable.
Cross-checked against independent public data — USGS 3DEP terrain, Overture/OSM building footprints, the federal hospital registry, and measured dimensions. The State of the U.S. Heliport Record →
eVTOL readiness
UNVERIFIEDConversion feasibility · four readings, one line each
Obstruction screen
No data
No FAA obstacle data on file for this state. Clearance unverified.
Geometry
Requires 60 feet of expansion
Recorded pad side 40 ft against a 100 ft eVTOL FATO.
Structural FATO
Unverified
The full 100 × 100 ft FATO must be load-bearing. The FAA does not record structural capacity, so no record can confirm it.
Overall
Unverified
No obstruction data on file. The dimensional gap applies; clearance is unverified.
The recorded pad is 60 ft short of the 100 ft footprint an eVTOL would need — shown to scale.
recorded pad eVTOL FATO
Recorded pad (limiting side)
40 ft
eVTOL FATO required
100 ft
FAA EB-105 vertiport pattern — 2× a ~50 ft eVTOL controlling dimension, plus a 125 ft safety-area side.
Load-bearing FATO
100 × 100 ft must be structural
No heliport precedent — typically the binding gate for rooftop and hospital pads.
Measured against FAA pad geometry and federal FATO sizing (EB-105). The obstruction screen is the only reading the engine verdict rests on; geometry and structural capacity are stated separately and never folded into it. A dimensional pre-screen — site-level validation required, and independent of the underwriting risk score.
1 structure determined near the pad · tallest 25 ft AGL
Filing activity
Most recent determination 2015-10-18
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2015-ASW-2543-NRA2015-12-17
Heliport · 0 ft AGL — This is a new Helipad for access to Hangar. Hospital would like to host a helicopter at this facility. There is currently another helipad for emergency flights to land or depart.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2015-ASW-6785-NRA2015-10-21
Other · 8 ft AGL — Adding a 4000 gallon above ground fuel tank and remove inground dispenser for a previously permitted helipad and hangar.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2015-ASW-2544-NRA2015-07-16
Hangar · 25 ft AGL — This is a new Hangar. Hospital would like to host a helicopter at this facility. There is currently another helipad for emergency flights to land or depart.
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2014-ASW-5982-NRA2014-12-02
Heliport · 2 ft AGL — Relocated Helipad. TLOF=40' FATO=64'
NRAARCH-DeterminedASN 2004-ASW-461-NRA2004-10-04
Other · 0 ft AGL — Establishment of new private use Heliport at local Hospital. FAR Part 157 proposal.
Blueprint
The record vs. what we measured
63/100
DATA INTEGRITY
Surface elevation
The FAA record places this pad at 3925 ft. USGS terrain plus the building put the actual rooftop at 3941 ft — a +16 ft difference the federal record doesn’t carry.
eVTOL footprint
The 40 ft pad is 60 ft short of the 100 ft an eVTOL FATO requires (measured).
SIGNALFEDERAL RECORDMEASURED
Surface elevation3925 ft3941 ft · USGS+structure
Structurenot on recordOn a building
Pad dimensions40 ft side (filed)40 ft side · measured
Coordinate integrityas filedterrain cross-checked
Independent inspectionowner self-reportednone on record
✓Federal record
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✓Cross-checkedUSGS · Overture · dimensions
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3Physically verifiedGround Truth capture
Obstructions, exact FATO geometry, surface condition, and downwash exposure require a physical Ground Truth capture — not shown above as measured. A field verification completes the record and writes the measured truth to this facility’s authority.
This page is the public data-integrity record. The full RiskIndex assessment — Q1–Q5 compliance, dimensional / FATO analysis, an underwriting-grade risk score, peer benchmark, and a sealed Site Intelligence Report — is available on request.
NOR LEA COUNTY GENERAL HOSPITAL, LOVINGTON, NM (FAA NM94). AirIndex facility record aix:hp:B908VZJS. Verifiable at https://www.airindex.io/verify/aix:hp:B908VZJS.